Slips to Landing (w/ & w/o airbrakes)

Lesson Objective

This lesson is to have the student demonstrate the ability to use either a forward slip (previously practiced at atltitude in Lesson 4d), on the final approach.  Use the forward slip primarly for altitude loss, and the side slip for runway alignment or lateral re-positioning.  

Regulatory Requirement

• Pre-Solo: §61.87(i)(17)
• Private Pilot Candidate: PTS IV(R)

Completion Standards

• A forward slip on the final leg of the approach to landing
  
• A side slip on the finalleg of the approach to landing

Prerequisite Study

• Glider Flying Handbook, "Side-Slips" page 3-13
• Glider Flying Handbook, "Winds" page 5-3
• Glider Flying Handbook, "Crosswind Landing" page 7-36
• Glider Flying Handbook, "Slips", page 7-36
• Glider Flying Handbook, "Side Slip" Figure 7-34, page 7-37
• Top Ten Ways To Fail The Practical, "Landings"

Also See

• Lesson 4d: "Slips, forward, side, turning, with and without airbrakes"
• Lesson 4h: "Crosswind Landing "